Handle



R. LARSON AHMDLL pril 30, 1940.

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Filed Aug. 16, 1937 ma j Patented Apr. 30, 1940 UNiTED sjrArEs HANDLE Raymond Larson,

tral Metallic Casket poration of Illinois Application August 16,

4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to improvements in handles and has particular reference to ornate handles especially adapted for caskets or other ornate containers.

vide casket handles embodying novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of the parts and members thereof including rigid :production of such handles at a comparatively reduced cost of manufacture and facilitating the assembly and installation thereof.

Another important feature of my invention is found in the provision of an ornate handle comiiprising spaced ornate supports which are adapted to be secured to the side of a casket and having depending from the ornate supports adapted to support a handle bar; the brackets being assembled with the supports to provide anovel interlocked pivotal connection between the sup- .ports and the brackets; said brackets being preferably of a design harmonizing with the vdesign of the supports and each bracket having a pivotal bracket; the pivotal portion having an outer ornate face of a design harmonizing with the design of the support and including a construction whereby the pivotal portion of the bracket forms 30 a complementary portion of the support to therebracket constitute a unitary member.

Another object of my invention resides in the novel constructions of the interlocking and pivotal portions of the supports and brackets whereby same can be readily assembled into interlocking pivotal arrangement before the supports are secured to the casket wall without separate pivotal pins and including three spaced ,abutments on the pivot portion of the bracket whereby, when the handle and brackets are swung into carrying position, the central abutment will engage the casket wall and the spaced side abutments will engage portions of the sup- ,port to thereby resist movement of the handle bar and brackets beyond the proper carrying position thereof.

Another object of my invention resides in the novel constructions of the interlocking and pivotal portions of the supports and brackets whereby same can be readily assembled into interlocking pivotal arrangement before the supports are secured to the casket wall without separate. pivotal pins and "ncluding novel spaced J yabutments about the pivot portions of the brack- Among the objects of my invention is to proand simplified structural elements affording the pivotally mounted ornate brackets extending or portion formed integrally with one end of the Aby create the impression that the support andv Chicago, Ill., assgnor to Cen- Co., Chicago, Ill., a cor- 1937, serial No. 159,286

(o1. ifi- 112) ets whereby, when the handle vand brackets are swung into carrying position, the central portion of the bracket pivot will engage the casket wall and spacedseats on the support will resist outward displacement of the trunnions on the pivotal portions.

A further object of my invention resides in constructing and designing the pivotal portion of the bracket so that it occupies a recessed marginal portion of the support and appears as an integral part of the support thus practically concealing the junction of such members.

A still further object of my invention resides in constructing the brackets of slush molded metal of comparatively thin cross-sections and reenforcing the bracket during the molding thereof with a rib of steel between the handle bar support thereof and the pivotal end.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel combination, construction and arrangement of the parts and members shown in one embodiment in the attached drawing, described in the following specincations and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a casket handle embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the support and handle bar; y

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the support, bracket and handle bar taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and showing same in normal position against the side of the casket wall;

Fig. 4 is a similar -section to that shown in Fig. 3 but with handle bar and its supporting bracket in raised or carrying position;

Fig. 5 is a rear view of' the support;

Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 5; Fig. '7 is a front view of the pivot end of the bracket;

Fig. 8 is bracket;

Fig. 9 is a partial view of a support and bracket showing a modified construction;

Fig. l is a front elevation of the bracket in the form of a handle, and

Fig. 11 is a vertical section through the handle portion;

Fig. 12 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 4, showing a modified construction wherein the bracket, when in raised position, engages the container wall and its support.

a side view of the pivot end of the- ...forcing rib I9 in all preferred design and assembly in Fig. l consists brackets I2.

The supports I consist of substantially square bodies each having an outer ornate face cast with formations I 0A extending radially from a central formation IBB. The lower central formation IA is omitted in each support and instead thereof a space or marginal recess I 0.0 is provided thereat for the pivotal end portion IZA of the bracket I2.

Each of the supports I0 is cast with a recess IUD within s rear face and with integral lugs IUE and IBF having securing members or screws I 6 embedded therein which extend rearwardly through the casket wall I3 and reenforcing member I4 into engagement with the tightening nuts I5 whereby the supports are secured in xed position onthe outer face of the casket wall I3.

The inner side of each support I 0 is provided with a pair of spaced arcuate seats IUG each extending from the inner face of lug IDFl to the integrally therewith.

The trunnions IZB are of a generally cylindrical form and have upwardly extended rear flat face portions I2C contiguous and in alignment ets I2 are moved into carrying position,

I in Fig. 4, by the movement of the brackets about which are supported arcuate seats IIIG of As shown in the drawing, the brackets are cast preferably of a comparatively thin shell with a channeled or tubular portion I 2E of an inside l conguration similar to the cross-sectional form of the handle I I which extends through the channeled portion and is secured thereto as by a screw I8.

The shell of the bracket is provided with suitably spaced ribs I2F but the shoulders IBD and is cast or molded into the central rear portion of the bracket and is of such length that it extends from within the wall of the channeled portion upper portion to about the center oi the trunnions IEB. I prefer to use such reenslush-molded casket hardware which is carrying position as shown in Fig. 12, the shoulders I2K will abut with the lower face of the support III while the extended flat face I 2C will abut with the face of the casket wall I3.

In Figures l0 and 11 the bracket I2 is shown ornamentation of the handle I 2R may be varied to suit the form or ornate eiect desired and the use of this type of handle obviates the necessity of the handle bar II.

I claim:

2. A handle adapted to be mounted on a wall of a portable container, comprising a support,

adapted to be secured to the containery wall, said support having a recess extending upwardly from one end disposed within said recess, said extension having laterally-aligned side trunnions supported on said arcuate seats and having a flat rear face portion extending above said trunnions, and said handle-carrying bracket having a shoulder on posed below the axis of said trunnions when the handle-carrying bracket is lifted into tilted carrying position about its trunnions.

3. A handle adapted to be mounted on a wall of a portable container, comprising a support adapted to be secured to the container wall, said. support having a recess extending upwardly from the margin of its lower side and a pair of laterally aligned arcuate seats formed within the rear side thereof, one on each side of said recess, and a handle-carrying bracket having an extension at one end disposed within said recess, said extension having laterally-aligned side trunnions supported on said arcuate seats, and said handlecarrying bracket having a pair of shoulders, disposed one on each side of said extension and below the axis of said trunnions andin close prox-f imity to the bottom side of said support, said shoulders being adapted to engage the bottom side of said support below the axis of said trunnions when the handle-carrying bracket is lifted into tilted carrying position about its trunnions.

4. A handle comprising a support adapted to be secured to a container Wall and having a recess extending upwardly from the margin of its lower side, said support having a pair of laterally 10 aligned arcuate seats :formed within the rear side thereof, one on each side ofsaid recess,.and,a handle having an extension at one endl disposed within said recess and laterally aligned trun-fnions extending from the sides of said'extension into said seats, said handle having a shoulder below the axis of said aligned trunnions adapted to engage said. support in a plane below said trunnions when the handle is tilted about said trunnions into lifting position.

- RAYMOND LARSON. 

